13 books billionaire Bill Gates thinks you should read this summer to help you survive coronavirus lockdown
- All 13 offer both distractions and important lessons for coping with the Covid-19 crisis, with comic books some of Gates’ recommendations
- Books range from a Holocaust survivor’s memoir to the 1918 influenza pandemic to improving your memory
When Bill Gates isn’t working with pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs and vaccines for the coronavirus, he is an avid reader.
“Most of my conversations and meetings these days are about Covid-19 and how we can stem the tide,” the billionaire recently wrote on his blog, Gates Notes.
“But I’m also often asked about what I am reading and watching – either because people want to learn more about pandemics, or because they are looking for a distraction.”
Gates’ summer reading list for 2020 offers both distractions and important lessons for coping with the crisis. In addition to his typical five summer book recommendations, the Microsoft founder recommended eight additional titles this year – including a few comic books.
1. The Choice, by Dr Edith Eva Edgar
Dr Eger was sent to Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland with her family at age 16. Her book details her battle with survivor’s guilt – and learning to forgive herself – after her parents were killed during the war.